Aziza Gardizi was an Afghan politician. Alongside Homeira Seljuqi, she was one of the first two female Senators nominated in 1965.
Aziza Gardizi | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 1965–1973 | |
Biography edit
Following the 1965 elections, the first in which women could vote and run for office, Gardizi and Seljuqi were appointed to the Senate by King Mohammed Zahir Shah,[1][2] while four women were elected to the House of the People.[3] She was reappointed to the Senate following the 1969 elections.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Hafizullah Emadi (2008) "Establishment of Afghanistan’s Parliament and the Role of Women Parliamentarians Retrospect and Prospects" Internationales Asienforum, Volume 39, number 1–2, pp5–19
- ^ Afghanistan: Women and reconstruction Archived 2021-09-24 at the Wayback Machine International Crisis Group
- ^ Hafizullah Emadi (2002) Repression, Resistance, and Women in Afghanistan p85